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More Cheer,
Less Pounds!
Everybody loves to celebrate the holidays,
but nobody likes to put on pounds while
they’re celebrating. Good news: sharing
holiday cheer with friends and family
doesn’t mean you have to fear stepping
on the scale! There are plenty of ways
you can avoid holiday weight gain.
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EXERCISE YOUR CREATIVITY
If you’d like to have a holiday-themed gathering that’s not about food, host a
craft evening to give you and your guests a chance to have fun making DIY gifts.
Chances are that people have artistic talents they’d love to share with others—
maybe someone knits or does scrapbooking or could show the group how to
make wire jewelry. You can spend quality time together without having to focus
on eating and drinking. Besides, it’s far more satisfying and far less stressful to
exercise your creativity than battle for parking spaces at the mall!
MAKE TASTIER AND BETTER-FOR-YOU COOKIES & CAKES
When you do your holiday baking, swap out refined sugars for less-
processed versions. You can substitute natural sweeteners like sucanat,
coconut or palm sugar 1:1 for white sugar. For cakes, quick breads, and
other batter-based goods, look for recipes that use maple syrup—it also
offers more nutrition and flavor than white sugar does. (Doughs are stiffer,
so you need to use granulated rather than liquid sweeteners with doughs.)
You can use sucanat or maple syrup to make hot chocolate, too!
WORK OUT WITH FRIENDS
Find a fun indoor activity that you can do all winter long. Is there a spin class
you’ve been meaning to join? A dance studio that keeps catching your eye?
Make a commitment to attend a class or two a week to keep your healthy
holiday vibe going. Has a friend talked about doing yoga? You could pay for
her classes, too, when you sign up for yours. Give yourself and your friend
the gift of healthy, happy holidays! Check out Nicole Stapp, Allure's board-
certified nurse practitioner, to the right for some great work out tips.
COOLSCULPT THOSE STUBBORN AREAS
Do you have those problem areas that you can’t seem to get rid of?
We’ve got a little something that can freeze that muffin top, banana
roll and bulging back fat away. Unlike other methods of reducing fat,
CoolSculpting ® techniques don’t involve surgery, needles, or anesthesia—
you can just relax as the technology painlessly freezes your fat away.
There’s no downtime and because CoolSculpting is non-invasive and
relies on your body’s natural metabolic processes to dissolve fat cells, it
only takes about a month to start seeing results. Most people see the full
effects 2-3 months after treatment. Translation: you’ll be beach-ready by
swimsuit season!